Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-17
GILES VI. THE Iron COMPANY.

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lmnediAtely after the opening the ~,
of Serrts Giles ". The Diamond Gtaf,
Iron Company was resumed, and r.,
examination Of Witnesses for the 4"
tense continued.
george h. Sellers was affirmed. and
eesuned thss he 10 an iron naster M
q present the superin tendent OF IN
Eaeemoor IrVn Works. Previous n
his connection with this COMPANY m
wes In the employ Of the Ph0o oix Irou
company, and has designed . numbeI
Of buildings for iron work.
He WAS shown the plan Of the build.
Ing Constructed By the defendant com.
Psny, and said shat In his opinion Z
DaLding cdnstructed according to Il
would be su1aeiently strong for the
purpose Tor which II was intended.
On crose examination, he said that be
- . brother I'm law Of Clement B.
bmyth, one Of tho ofnciala Of the Dis.
mond State Company. He had been
informed OF the dimensions Of the
building By Mr.. Aendinhall. 1t il moi
generally . part Of an iron. .msstor'a
business 70 design or erect buildiu 81.
bus he considered II . part Of his busi
moss.
PhilemmA Chandler was sworn and
teetihed that on tho morning OF the day
OF the accident he examined the vaIj,
and - far - he could see II WAS the
plum best And straightest wall he evel
saw In bis life; he had never saw q a nv
foot wall that WAS ~ straight. There
wAs . pressure OF about one and . hall
tons on each Of the pilssters, and be
thought either would have borne twenty
tons In safety.
Mr.. Lore asked the witness: "Wss
lAis Wall In your opinion constructed
u accordance with the ordinance In 70
|atiou 10 buildings?" when Mr.. Gray
objected to the question and an argu
ment ensued between counsel which
lasted some time.
Tho court decided that the ques tior
wAe insdmissible, when Mr.. Bird said
they would withdraw their obi isctiops.
md Mr.. Lore renewed the 0uestiop'
rhe witness then said that IN his opin.
lon the building wAs constructed 70.
,ordiag 20 tbs ordinance, but in expla-
nation said that 81 the time tho o6ice Of
ouiidinR Inspector had been bus recently
treaties, and that he was acting under
another ordinance, and not the one that
10 now In operation.
On GROSS sexADinAtion he said that he
had never expressed IN opinion about
Tho wall, not having been erected In 90.
'ordance with the ordinance, until he
at the Coroner's Inquest. Mr..
Bird asked the witness II, when he saw
'he wall he had not said 70 Mr.. Davis
IhAt II he had knswp Il was 10 be q
nine inch wall he would not have allow
ID u 70 &c MP.
Mr.. Lore objected 70 the question, and
mother argument ensned between conn.
lel. Mr.. Bird then asked the witnees.
would yoa have allowed tho wall TO
DO eret ted II you had known that Il wss
% be nine inch wall?" when objection
vas again made, but after another
Argumont the Court decided 10 aim issi.
Die. He did not say Ut the Coroner's In.
luest that II he had known the wall
was to be but nine inches thick he
would not have allowed IL 10 20 up. bat
1e did use words 70 that eject to Mr..
Davis and Mr.. Simpson when the wall
Vas about seventy ave feet long and
about eight feet high.
Mr.. Bird asked the witness II he had
not said In the oHloe OF the Morning
News the night Of the day tho acsi.
lent occurred, 70 Mr.. Bach, or in his
presence, that "if be had known this
wall Was DO thin he would not have al.
owed IL TO 60 up?"
Mr.. Lore objected, but afte, m arpu.
nfns the objection was overrulrd.
When Mr.. Bird asked, "Did you or did
Iou not say to Mr.. Bach at your real.
lence. that you considered the wallis
90 light and that II you had been there
oon u you would have had them made
ieavier?" and he answered that he d Id
lot recolloct aylng that 70 Mr.. Bach,
,ut had said Il, In effect, TO Mr.. Simp.
ON while he was building the wall. He
vas then asked II 10 had not used
Words 70 that effect In bis evidence OF
he Coroner's inquest, and he said he
lad said u somewhere and 1t nigh,
,ave been there.
William 7. MoAllistsr testified tha,
10 worked for Parsons q Company In
ne summer OF 1885, and knows Ferris
lilies. He worked In tho fifth story of
he building, and he had seen him 90
ip and down stairs almost as we'll as
he witness. Giles was employed In
making inside boxes for refriRerators
Che witness mover saw anything about
3iles TO indicate he WAS suffering.
On cross examination tho witness said
hat he WAS shipping olerk for the firm,
Ind was on the nrst floor Of the build.
ng, while Giles was on the dfth fioor.
John T. Davis WAS sworn, and testi
led that he 10 general superiutendont OF
The Diamond State Iron Company, and
resigned tho plans from which this
building was constructed. He had been
n tho Iron business ever since he waa
70 cars old, and has had considerable
In designing buildings for
ron work.
Among other buildings which he had
WAS ono In Ohio, which was
100 feet long and 50 feet span. He took
lrest pride In desiRning the plans for
his building for the Diamond State
and wanted 1t constr ucted on
IN improved plan. Tho best material
Ihat could be obtained was used in it,
- the building WAS to be
lsed to cover expensive machinery.
When Mr.. Chandler spoke about IL Q
wall he asked the witness IL there was
any lateral motion on 1t, and upon his
Answt ring In the negative he walked
back to Mr.. Simpson, and he did not
know what passed between them. He
aid not rec0llcct that Mr.. Chandler said
anything about the wall being too thin.
As the building WAS being erected he
empowered those at work on it to make
It strong and secure In every part, and
acted on their suggestions.
On oross-examination, he said that
his business was rolling mill business,
but that he considered himself com De.
tent to dstign . building for q mill.